Shoe and arch supporter



Sept. 2 1924.

W. SAKLAD SHOE AND ARCH sUPPbRTER Filed Aug. 10 1921 Patented ept; 2, 3324.

iiir'Q wrnmein" SAKLAD, 0E DO'RCHESTEB, MSSAGHUSETTS.

SHOE AND AJRGE SUPPORTER.

Application filed August 10, 1921. Serial No. 491,249.

a in connection therewith.

Meuy ellorts have been made to provide an arch supporting shoe construction but nearly all of these prior attempts have been with relation to the longitudinal arch of the foot, I have discovered that it is most important to provide arch supporting mezins for the transverse arch at the ball of the .foot to support the metatarsal phalangeal articulations. My invention relates particularly toth'is portion of the foot and to a. novel and improved .type oi shoe having arch supporting means built into the shoe structure.

The object of my invention, therefore, is to provide a shoe, as an article of manufacture, wherein my novel supporter may be incorporated as an integral part of said a shoe. Such shoes,'of course, would bemade,

to special measure to fit each individual requiring the same, and the supporter so positioned in the shoe as to support the correct portion of the shoe aiiected.

Y A'further object of my invention is an improved method of manufacturing shoes to incorporate therein an arch supporting element.

In the drawings the figure illustrates, in

' cross section, a shoe made according to my improved. method and showing the'position of the arch supporting element therein.

Referring to the drawings, 2 designates the supporter which may be formed of metal, leather, leatherhoard, fiber, celluloid or any suitable or desirable material. The supporter has a flap or base 3 which. extends over the insole of the shoe. The base 3 is preferably of the some material as the sup port itself, although it will be appreciated that not an essential element of the invention,

The supporter 2 is illustrated as formed in the shoe during the process of manufacture of the same. As shown, after the upper 6 is lasted with the insole therein and the welt applied to the shoe, my improved supporter is then applied, with the rim, flange or base 3 extending Widthwise of the shoe 4 sufficient distance so that when the outsole 10 is applied and the outsole stitched to the welt, the outsole stitching will also penetrate and engage the rim of the base 3 and hold the supporter permanently in position. This application of the supporter under the insole, will cause the insole to assume the form of the supporter and produce the same beneficial effect upon the foot of the wearer as if the supporterwere temporarily attached.

When a shoe is built according to my invention, no diificult or expensive processes are involved, the several operations of assembling the shoe upper and insole together, pulling over, lasting, inseaming and outsole stitching, sole levelling, laying, edge burnishing and other operations are performed exactly as now generally employed in shoe factories. While I have shown my shoe with the supporter therein as formed in a weltshoe, it will be appreciated that I sin not thus limited, but mayaiso build the supporter construction into a McKay shoe.-

M invention is further described and defined in the form of claims as follows:

1. As an article of manufacture a shoe, comprising an upper, insole and welt, supporter for the transverse arch of the foot applied to the shoe between the insole and the outsole, and stitchinguniting the outsole, supporter and welt together.

' 2. The im roved process of manufacturing a shoe, w ich consists in first lasting the upper, insole and component parts, then adding a Welt, applying to the bottom of the shoe a supporter for the transverse arch of WILLIAM SA. 

